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Italian · Sauce / condiment

Mushroom-Marsala Pan Sauce

A quick sauce built in the pan after searing chicken: browned mushrooms and shallot, a touch of tomato paste and soy, sweet Marsala reduced hard and finished with lemon and cold butter.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on22 min
  • Total25 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 4 tbspunsalted butter, 1 tbsp for browning, 3 tbsp cold for finishing
  • 225 gbutton mushrooms, cleaned and finely sliced (about 4 cups)
  • 1large shallot, minced (about 1/2 cup)
  • 1 tspfresh thyme leaves
  • 1 tspall-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsptomato paste
  • 1 tspsoy sauce
  • 360 mlsweet Marsala, about 1 1/2 cups
  • 1 tbsplemon juice, from 1 lemon
  • to tastekosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Sulfites
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Shallot
  • Thyme
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Button, cremini and portobello
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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